Sun system administration

Some of your favourite questions

• What version of SunOS/Solaris should I be running?
• I've just installed Solaris on my Sun computer. What do I do now to get it working right?
  After installing the operating system, you need to
  • configure the computer to use the UGA campus network
  • install OS patches to ensure your system is current
  • install a few other pieces of software
  How to do all this is described in our "post-install" documents. There's one for Solaris 2, and one for SunOS 4.

• How can I make my Sun computer more secure?
• What should I keep track of in order to keep my system current?
  Primarily, you should make sure that your system always has the latest OS patches installed (this page tells you how to do that), and the latest version of sendmail (for those systems that run sendmail; not all need to).

  We also mirror the publicly available ("recommended") OS patches released by Sun. There's a script you can download and run periodically which will tell you which patches your computer needs installed in order to be up-to-date.

  Of course, it's a good idea to try to keep other (third-party) software up-to-date as well, to help both performance and security.

• What online resources are there for Sun system administrators?
  There are many; have a look.